This post could come from different angles as the “dark side” can refer to many different things, some quite fun. To keep with the nature of this blog, the dark side I refer to is what was previously posted. The dark side of freedom is our choice and the fantasy of everything we could be or… Read More
The OODA Loop Part 2
As we learned in The OODA Loop Part 1, the first step in the process we enact every waking moment of our lives is to Observe. The second step in the OODA process is the most important. How we orient ourselves to the observations we make can determine the course of our lives down to… Read More
Focus: Tips from a Top Gun
It doesn’t matter what field, industry or sport you operate in, your performance relies on your ability to focus. Focus control enables performance success. And as mentioned in previous posts our ability to pay attention is a key and critical resource we have available to us every day. How we use this resources enables focus.… Read More
Timing of Now
When we lose a loved one or friend, we often think of the time lost to the past when we could have spent more time with them. We think and feel we could have taken more time to enjoy our relationship or experience more with them. We do what we can. We make choices in… Read More
What is Timing?
The martial arts master I had the opportunity to practice with mentioned timing many many times and thus the instructors he trained used it in their teachings. Relative to martial arts it is the application of energy in such a manner to elicit to specific movements internally or externally. In comedy, timing is critical to… Read More
What is this Strategy Stuff?
Sometimes at work we hear about strategy meetings. The executives have a strategy meeting. Corporate managers can have an off-site strategy meeting. Managers in a retail store or supervisors in a coffee shop can have strategy meetings. What they heck is strategy and why do people meet about it? The dictionary indicates strategy is a… Read More
The Power of Listening
The other evening, I watched my four-year-old son start crying because his sister was too busy doing her own thing and not listening. My son adores his sister. He mimics her in all kinds of ways. He has also taken on her trait of talking up a storm. So, like his sister when he talks… Read More
Leveraging Our Future
As discussed the previous posts, Learning Our Leverage Points and Leveraging Our Interactions, we can make our lives easier if we know what force to apply when. We can also lighten our load so to speak as we can focus on applying effort where it’s needed instead of just working endlessly. The other leverage points… Read More
Pinning is a fun distraction
Pinterest is one of the social media sites along with Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter and Tumblr, I’m publicizing posts from this blog at. I’ve focused on Pinterest as it has all kinds of information and to say the least, I’ve been distracted away from my purpose of eventually publishing the manuscript of A Valued Life, Managing… Read More
We the System
A system is a set of connected things, parts or elements forming a complex whole. It can also be an organized theme or set of principles or processes according to which something is done. We are a system of mental, physiological, psychological and spiritual subsystems, elements and patterns. Likewise people around us are systems in… Read More
Business of You 